TikTok
Avoiding the TikTok trap
TikTok is both a necessity to reaching younger audiences, and a platform we should be incredibly wary of. How do we reconcile these two facts?
TikTok
Posts about the controversial Chinese-owned social network
TikTok hides the money
Plus AI is polluting search already, and the industry jobs bloodbath continues.
Social Media
Social: shifting, selling and struggling
An alliterative end to the week, with a look at the state of social media.
liveblogging
The future of live journalism
What does live coverage of news look like in the third decade of the 21st century? Is liveblogging past its prime?
world politics
The Politics of TikTok, Reddit explained, and Google gamed
Could a US ban on TikTok trigger a social media power struggle? And how did the Verge use ChatGPT to game Google?
Social Media
TikTok: should news organisations be on the platform now?
TikTok is beloved of Gen Z — but a lot less popular amongst Western governments. With a US ban looming, here’s how to rethink your strategy.
Journalism
YouTube is the missing ingredient in games coverage
The problem with gaming journalism from mainstream outlets lies in our rejection of video. Plus TikTok’s Canadian woes and more.
Accountability for my TikTok Heresy
Plus some explanation of why social platforms go bad, and how the FT’s Mastodon experiment died.
Publishing
Four things publishers should give up in 2023
Digital publishing moves so fast it can be hard to keep track of what works, and what doesn’t. Here are the things you need to be letting go of right now.
TikTok
Five great reads from the online content mines
Plus some jobs, a tip, and Lagerfeld’s iPods. Yes, really.
news impact summit
News Impact: TikTok trends and new formats for journalism
What TikTok can — and can’t — do for your publication, and a pathway to new forms of journalism storytelling.
LinkedIn, TikTok and the dawn of the algorithm wars
LinkedIn, the dull elder sibling of Facebook and Twitter, is slowly finding new relevance. But the war over TikTok points the way to social media's future.